Section 388.159 - Literacy specialist: Designation; additional compensation; provision of professional development in subject area of reading; regulations1. The principal of a public elementary school, including, without limitation, a charter school, shall designate a licensed teacher employed by the school to serve as a literacy specialist. The licensed teacher so designated must: (a) Demonstrate the ability to improve the literacy of pupils; (b) Demonstrate competency in effective instruction in literacy and the administration of assessments; (c) Demonstrate an understanding of building relationships with teachers and other adults; (d) Collaborate with the principal of the public elementary school to develop a schedule of professional development and assist in providing such professional development; and(e) Assist teachers at the school by implementing a system of support which includes various methods to provide intervention services and intensive instruction for pupils who have been identified as deficient in the subject area of reading. 2. A school district or charter school may provide additional compensation to:(a) A licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist pursuant to this section; or(b) A licensed teacher who is employed by a school district or charter school to teach at an elementary school and provides instruction in reading.3. Each licensed teacher employed by a school district or charter school to teach at an elementary school and who is responsible for providing instruction in reading shall complete professional development developed by a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist pursuant to subsection 1 in the subject area of reading.4. The State Board shall prescribe by regulation:(a) Any training or professional development that a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist is required to successfully complete; (b) Any professional development that a teacher employed by a school district or charter school to teach at an elementary school is required to receive as developed by a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist in the subject area of reading; and(c) The duties and responsibilities of a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist.Added to NRS by 2015, 1861; A 2019, 4491Amended by 2019, Ch. 634,§2, eff. 7/1/2019.Added by 2015, Ch. 334,§6, eff. 7/1/2015.